 Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his nadir is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally,...  American Practitioner and News - Page 1211899Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 656 pages
...literature for some time to come; and then, perhaps, the public may recover its patience again. For certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all ho has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in tho plainest... | |
 | William Henry Green - 1865 - 484 pages
...Concord, and listen to his terse, sententious utterances. You will always remember what Ruskin said : " Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author...or his reader will certainly misunderstand them." Moreover, let the Bible be studied by him who seeks to acquire a good style of composition — not... | |
 | 1880 - 412 pages
...Physician to the Skin Department,. Demilt Dispensary, New York. THE AMERICAN PRACTITIONER. SEPTEMBER, 1880. Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he most say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in... | |
 | 1913 - 576 pages
...if request and postage for return are received with manuscript; but we cannot agree to always do so. Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to lay in the finest potsible words, or his reader if sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - 140 pages
...literature for some time to come ; and then, perhaps, the public may recover its patience again. For certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he mast say all he has to say in the fewest possible, words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and... | |
 | James Willis Westlake - 1876 - 168 pages
...good to lose, ' My Father knoweth best to choose. ALICR CARY : A Dream of the West. Cfmforitim.] LXIIL It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that...them ; and in the plainest possible words, or his reade1 will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain... | |
 | 1878 - 798 pages
...them ; and in the plainest possi ble vronU, his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, downright fact may be told in a plain way ; and we want right facts at present more than anything else." The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner. February... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1880 - 280 pages
...leaves off and ignorance begins. — Holmes. 7. God helps them that help themselves. — Franklin. 8. It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that...say all he has to say in the fewest possible words. — Ruskin. 9. God's livery is a very plain one, but its wearers have good reason to be content. —... | |
 | John Chiene - 1880 - 128 pages
...whole question of the Process of Repair now opens out before us. THE AMERICAN PRACTITIONER. JUNE, 1879. Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest... | |
 | John Chiene - 1882 - 124 pages
...is another cause ; a severe inflammation a third cause. THE AMERICAN PRACTITIONER. NOVEMBER, 1879. Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must Bay all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in... | |
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